PBDB Collection

Cave Hill Quarries, Lilydale (Devonian of Australia)

Also known as Reef 3351

Where: Victoria, Australia (37.8° S, 145.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.1° S, 174.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Lilydale Limestone Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• The limestone is a biostrome, of limited extent, containing principally corals and stromatoporoids. A new shore environment is indicated by the presence of land plants in the underlying Rudock Siltstone, and probaly also by the succeeding brachiopod-bearing Cave Hill Conglomerate.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: R., J.r. Etheridge. 1890. Descriptions of the Upper Silurian fossils from the Lilydale Limestone, Upper Yarra District, Victoria. Records of the Australian Museum 14:60-67 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40360: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Kimberly Koverman on 22.06.2004, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• This is Tassell 1980 augmented by Tassell 1976 (A revision of the gastropod fauna of the Lilydale Limestone (Early Devonian) of Victoria. Memoirs of the Natural History Museum, Victoria 37:1 - 22) and 1982 (Some Siluro-Devonian rostroconch molluscs from south-eastern Australia. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum 79:1 - 11.), plus Wagner's personal observations from collections at the Australian Museum, Sydney in March 2001. Hill's coral identifications reidentify all of Chapman's (1925) species.

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Crinoidea
Cyathocrinida - Crotalocrinitidae	Pernerocrinus sp.¹, Pernerocrinus discus n. sp.¹ Pernerocrinus sp.¹ Bouska 1946 Sea lily Pernerocrinus discus n. sp.¹ Sea lily
Tergomya
Tryblidiida - Proplinidae	Vallatotheca elegantula⁶ Vallatotheca elegantula⁶ Chapman 1916
Scenelloidea - Scenellidae	? Palaeoscurria sp.⁶ ? Palaeoscurria sp.⁶ Perner 1903
Gastropoda
Neritoina - Plagiothyridae	? Littorinides sp.⁶ ? Littorinides sp.⁶ Knight 1937 snail
Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae	Tremanotus pritchardi⁵ Tremanotus pritchardi⁵ Cresswell 1893 snail
Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae	Bellerophon creswelli n. sp.² Bellerophon creswelli n. sp.² Etheridge 1891 snail
Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae	Tropidodiscus sp.⁶ Tropidodiscus sp.⁶ Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae	Gyrodoma etheridgei⁵ Gyrodoma etheridgei⁵ Cresswell 1893 snail
Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae	Michelia darwini⁵, Murchisonia (Murchisonia) "sp. A"⁶, Murchisonia (Murchisonia) "sp. B"⁶, Murchisonia (Murchisonia) "sp. C"⁶, "Murchisonia (Murchisonia) pritchardi" = Murchisonia pritchardi⁵, "Murchisonia (Ostioma) albanica n. sp." = Ostioma albanica⁶ Michelia darwini⁵ de Koninck 1876 snail Murchisonia (Murchisonia) "sp. A"⁶ d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail Murchisonia (Murchisonia) "sp. B"⁶ d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail Murchisonia (Murchisonia) "sp. C"⁶ d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail "Murchisonia (Murchisonia) pritchardi" = Murchisonia pritchardi⁵ Etheridge 1898 snail "Murchisonia (Ostioma) albanica n. sp." = Ostioma albanica⁶ Tassell 1980 snail
Murchisoniina -	"Niso (Vetotubia) brazieri n. sp." = Vetotuba brazieri "Niso (Vetotubia) brazieri n. sp." = Vetotuba brazieri Etheridge 1890 snail
Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae	Loxonema australis⁵ Loxonema australis⁵ Chapman 1916 snail
Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae	"? Macrochilina sp." = Strobeus⁸ "? Macrochilina sp." = Strobeus⁸ de Koninck 1881 snail
Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae	Stenoloron subaequilatera⁵ Stenoloron subaequilatera⁵ Chapman 1916 snail
Murchisoniina - Phanerotrematidae	Phanerotrema australis n. sp.² Phanerotrema australis n. sp.² Etheridge 1891 snail
Euomphalina - Anomphalidae	Anomphalus sp.⁶ Anomphalus sp.⁶ Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
Euomphalina - Omphalocirridae	"Straparollus (Euomphalus) northi" = Omphalocirrus northi⁵ "Straparollus (Euomphalus) northi" = Omphalocirrus northi⁵ Etheridge 1890 snail
Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae	Scalaetrochus lindstroemi⁵, "Siluriphorus antiquus" = Siluriphorus antiqua⁵ Scalaetrochus lindstroemi⁵ Etheridge 1890 snail "Siluriphorus antiquus" = Siluriphorus antiqua⁵ Cresswell 1893 snail
Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae	Oriostoma rotundimuratus n. sp.⁵, Australonema melbournensis n. sp.⁶, "? Cyclonema australis n. sp." = Australonema australis⁴, "Cyclonema lilydalensis n. sp." = Australonema lilydalensis² Oriostoma rotundimuratus n. sp.⁵ Tassell 1976 snail Australonema melbournensis n. sp.⁶ Tassell 1980 snail "? Cyclonema australis n. sp." = Australonema australis⁴ Etheridge 1890 snail "Cyclonema lilydalensis n. sp." = Australonema lilydalensis² Etheridge 1891 snail
Neritoidea - Naticopsidae	Naticopsis (Naticopsis) lilydalensis⁵ Naticopsis (Naticopsis) lilydalensis⁵ Cresswell 1893 snail
Rostroconchia
Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae	"Hippocardia costatus" = Cartericardia costatum⁷ "Hippocardia costatus" = Cartericardia costatum⁷ Cresswell 1893
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Eridophyllidae	Prismatophyllum chalkii³, Prismatophyllum stevensi³ Prismatophyllum chalkii³ horn coral Prismatophyllum stevensi³ horn coral
Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae	Mictophyllum creswelli³ Mictophyllum creswelli³ horn coral
Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae	Lyrielasma subcaespitosum³ Lyrielasma subcaespitosum³ horn coral

¹Bates 1972; ²Etheridge 1891; ³Hill 1939; ⁴Philip 1962; ⁵Tassell 1976; ⁶Tassell 1980; ⁷Tassell 1982; ⁸Wagner 2023